Robot Chicken writers bring Steve Jobs to (Way-Off) Broadway
Posted by Dr. Macenstein How off? Try Philadelphia. But still, Eric Weiner and Jordan Allen-Dutton’s new musical, “NERDS: A Musical Software Satire” seems like a pretty good idea. Normally we aren’t fans of Broadway musicals which do not feature geysers of splurting blood, but NERDS seems right up our alley. The plot centers around Steve Jobs and Bill... Read More
Newsweek: Please Call Bill Gates’ bluff!
Posted by Dr. Macenstein “You can go through and look at who showed any of these things first, if you care about the facts.â€? – Bill Gates To say the recent Newsweek interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates has caused much controversy in the Mac community would be an understatement. In the interview, Bill talks a lot of smack about Apple and Steve Jobs, and gives... Read More
The Apple Remote Desktop Infinite Tunnel of Doom!
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Chris, over at MILLSHALLIGAN tried an interesting experiment. He took Apple’s Remote Desktop and tried to open a connection to his own machine. Chris calls himself a “dumbass”, but I disagree. If not for people like Chris, we wouldn’t have Silly Putty. Rock on, Chris! Thanks to faithful Macenstein reader Mac OS XI for the link! Read More
Macenstein featured on TIME.COM!
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Awww yeah! (From the “tooting our own horn” department). First it was CNN, now it is TIME.COM (in partnership with CNN) that is featuring a Macenstein article. Anyway, sure it’s the NERDWORLD blog feature of TIME, but we are calling it TIME MAGAZINE, the same TIME that told us we were persons of the year. The article in question is our... Read More
Awww, aren’t they cute! Apple releases colorful iPod Shuffles
Posted by Dr. Macenstein Apple today released some colorful updates to their iPod Shuffle line. In addition to Apple’s standard silver, there are now pink, orange, green, and blue models available for your Valentine’s Day shopping pleasure. The updates seem to be solely cosmetic though, as the capacity still tops out at 1GB, and the feature set and price seem identical... Read More
Free on iTunes: Vortex Demo (first free iPod game)
Posted by Helper Monkey Apple today made history by adding an iPod game to the list of free downloads from the iTunes store. The game, “Vortex“, is being offered in “demo” mode for free. The Demo contains the first 2 fully playable levels of the 360° brick-bashing game (think Breakout, developed by Steve Wozniak, but rounder). The 22MB download requires... Read More
USATODAY: Verizon passed on the iPhone
Posted by Dr. Macenstein When the iPhone was announced earlier this month, many Verizon customers complained at being left out in the cold. Apple’s exclusive deal with Cingular meant Verizon (and other companies) would be unable to offer the iPhone for at least 2 years, a fact that has many of their customers contemplating jumping ship. However, according to USATODAY, Verizon... Read More
Where are they now? Interview with “Switcher Girl” Ellen Feiss
“I’m Ellen Feiss and I’m a student”. Back in the Spring of 2002, those words launched one of Apple’s more memorable, if not effective, ad campaigns. Known as the “Switcher” ads, the spots featured real people telling real stories of being fed up with the hassles of PC ownership, and their subsequent relief upon switching to the Mac. By... Read More
“Mac Rumor Site” Catfight
Posted by Dr. Macenstein It looks like a new “hot chick” has transferred to Mac Rumor High, and is stealing all the other girl’s boyfriends. At least, that is what appears to be happening, according to Apple Recon. The site launched just before Macworld this month and has rocketed to the top of the Mac-O-Sphere based on their exclusive reports of a February 20th... Read More
Aspyr updates Civilization IV, Civ IV Warlords
Posted by Helper Monkey Aspyr has released updates for both Civilization IV, and Civilizaion IV Warlords. The 14MB and 22MB updates are recommended for all users, and contain the following fixes: Adds cross-compatibility with PC’s through Gamespy® – Fixes sound errors in the tutorial when played in 10.3.9 – Fixes blackscreen window when loading game from tutorial... Read More
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